I was pleased to read that the National Party campaigners are being told that people are struggling at the moment in our electorate. They must be dismayed to see that their political leaders are promising to ditch the very things that Labour has...
Paris, she’s coming for ya. Well, not quite yet, but Gisborne judoka Sydnee Andrews continues to make all the right moves towards wearing the fern at the pinnacle of global sport — the 2024 Paris Olympics. Creating a bit of New Zealand history...
ELECTRINET PARK Karen Hay and Jo Kerr won’t forget the last time they met in a club championship final. It was two years ago and it took 37 holes before Hay sealed her 19th senior women’s crown in what Kerr described as “one of the best...
The “system” put in place in the Turanga Wāhine squad has immediately shown its worth. Turanga had a 31-15 victory over Thames Valley Vixens in their opening game of the inaugural North Island Women’s Heartland Championship in Te Aroha on...
Gisborne United won football’s Eastern League 1 title with a 100 percent win record and a nine-point margin over the runners-up. They won all 13 of their games, scoring 85 goals and conceding only 13 for a goal difference of 72. Heavy Equipment...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency has repeated its call to farmers along State Highway 35 to help avoid their stock, and people, becoming statistics. Over last weekend, emergency services were called to SH35 near Te Araroa, to reports a cow had been...
Builders at Gisborne’s Randall Construction are celebrating a win at a prestigious design competition. The company picked up a Gold award and category win in the Renovation $750,000 to $1.5 million category at the recent Master Builders House of...
It is said size does not matter, and that was certainly the case for Bayleys’ Gisborne rural office team this week, walking away with a top industry award. The team was awarded the top small rural office of the year at the 2023 REINZ Awards for...
Students at Makauri School are among 20,000 from around the country taking part in the Zespri Young and Healthy Virtual Adventure. kicked off last week around the country. The five-week programme aims to inspire young people to adopt a lifetime of...
by Ric Stevens A man who abused the customary permit system to illegally harvest more than 4600 crayfish for a widespread black market ring has been sent to prison. John Nohotima, 60, made nearly $64,000 from his commercial-scale poaching operation...
Gisborne’s new $46 million Kiwa Pools was officially opened under overcast skies yesterday morning at a special event featuring hundreds of students from local schools.
Hip-hop dancers Kylah Ashwell and Paul Hawaikirangi aka 98 Cents will represent New Zealand when they compete in the Hip Hop Unite World Championships in Portugal this October. The couple qualified to compete in the world competition when they took...
by Jocelyn Noveck, AP Hey there, fellow obsessive dog owner. Ever wonder what your beloved pooch is thinking? Of course you do. If they could only tell us what’s on their minds, right? Well, in Strays, an aggressively raunchy, gleefully gross and...
Odeon Multiplex ■ Sound of Freedom Jim Caviezel (Jesus in The Passion of the Christ) plays Tim Ballard, a former US government agent on a mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia. A sleeper hit that has grossed $US177 million...
Russian born Gisborne resident Athena Bliss has just published her first novel The Sons of Echidna, a dark fantasy story which will be part of a trilogy. It was a story she had carried in her head for years until she finally put pen to paper during...
Audiences can expect the rousing sounds of traditional Scottish piping tunes when The Gisborne City Highland Pipe Band plays at St Andrew’s Church on Sunday. Well known Scottish tunes and songs and a few contemporary tunes will also be part of the...
The elements of water, air, rock and land structure are the inspiration behind Gisborne artist Teressa Matthews’ exhibition Earth Elements now on at The Aviary. Working in multiple mediums of paint, wire and printmaking the exhibition features...
■ Friday Night Karaoke Breakers Jandal Bar, from 8pm. Free entry. ■ Trivia Night - Rangatira Tavern The Ranga’s quiz night is held on the last Friday of every month. $10 per table, up to eight people per table. Friday, 7pm to 9pm, 26 Library...
Mary-Ann de Kort by Mary-Ann de Kort We keep hearing about crime being one of the top election issues, as it has been for decades. Yet no government has stopped crime from happening. It’s also disappointing to be told that our Labour Government...
I would like to commend former dog control officer Pat Collins for his “spot on” comments (August 17 letter). I have recently had 10 heavy-in-lamb twinning ewes mauled to death or injured so badly they had to be put down. Muzzles and ears ripped...
Housing for “Kiwis” and health services are two of our primary problems as politicians seek our votes to become part of the next government. By now our political parties should be unequivocally informing us where they stand when it comes to...
Re: Chook debate, Aug 16 story. Thanks Teddy for standing up for the feathered friends. I have had chooks on my work-style block for over 25 years. Here are some stats to help budding egg producers. To buy in 12 hens, age 25 weeks, at $40 each will...
With so many things going wrong for Labour over recent months, not to mention a tetchy public feeling the pain of high inflation and a wobbly economy, the most surprising takeaway from political polling had been the failure of National and its...
The clock is ticking now for growers on the Poverty Bay and Tolaga Bay/Uawa flats to take part in the crop survey that’s currently being conducted by Gisborne District Council, together with HortNZ and Plant & Food Research. Growers of apples...
Gisborne Boys’ High old boy Jamison Gibson-Park sends the ball away during Ireland’s test match against England at Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Gibson-Park had a strong game as the Irish beat England 29-10 in a clash highlighted by an acrobatic try...
Congratulations this week to Vicky Nickerson and Patricia Corson for a top score of 77.33 percent on Thursday. Monday, August 14 — Ryman Kiri Te Kanawa Retirement Village Teams (after four rounds) Ann McCombe, Eileen Lee, Bette Parker, Patrici...
Spectators were entertained by some exciting games on the Victoria Domain courts as the 2023 Gisborne Pak’nSave senior competition ended with finals day. The biggest margin of victory over the finals was nine goals while, like the Premier Grade...
The Green Machine hoisted the Prem 1 womens’ hockey trophy on Saturday in what was a huge finals day for the GMC club, while YMP A took the honours in the Prem 1 men’s showdown. GMC Kowhai won the Prem 2 women’s title and Gisborne Boys’ High...
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency says State Highway 35 is open again, after logs and debris cascaded on to the highway on Sunday afternoon. But the agency has cautioned it “won’t hesitate” to close the road again if more safety fears arise. The...
Wairoa’s beaches are slowly being returned to their pre-Cyclone Gabrielle state. Clearing of woody debris is being undertaken at Mohaka and Whakamahi beaches and more recently at Māhia with a focus on clearing the Mokotahi boat launching ramp and...
Young girls wearing the traditional dress of Kerala, in southern India, performed on Saturday on the forecourt of the Gisborne District Council building in an event to mark Onam, the annual harvest festival from that part of the country. Other...
Firefighters made it in time to stop a potentially serious fire taking hold at a scrap metal yard in Banks Street in the industrial subdivision on Monday morning. Fire and Emergency NZ sent crews to the property at around 11.30am. “It was started...
Anyone driving over the Wharerata Range between Gisborne and Wairoa will have been aware of the strong south-westerly winds of Monday and yesterday. Instruments in the Wharerata hills recorded gusts up to 104kmh on Monday, peaking around 11.30pm...
An offshore company which controversially won a Gisborne learn-to-swim contract says it’s looking forward to getting to work. But an Australian-based Kiwi says the business has had a negative impact on her local pool near Brisbane, and worries...